María Espinosa García

María Espinosa García serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Jaén, Spain, specializing in Psychobiology with active research and teaching responsibilities.

Her research program centers on cognitive assessment methodologies, particularly memory processes and dementia screening tools. She has pioneered validation studies for instruments like Fototest and Mini-Cog across diverse populations including illiterate elderly cohorts, with emphasis on diagnostic accuracy, cross-cultural adaptation, and neural correlates of recognition memory.

Publication analysis reveals sustained focus on improving dementia diagnostics through psychometric validation, cost-effectiveness evaluation, and literacy-adapted cognitive tools. Her work bridges clinical neuropsychology and geriatric care, demonstrating consistent innovation in assessment protocols for cognitive impairment detection across Spanish-speaking populations.